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Interview with Coo.Social Co-Founder Shilpa Bhandarkar
Handling your children’s schedules can be very challenging, especially once they start school and you have to keep track of playdates, show and tell, birthday parties, assignments due, Jeans for Genes...
View ArticleFalkner House opens a new boys’ pre-prep school in Earls Court!
While Central London seems awash with excellent girls’ prep schools, there has for a long time be a shortage of excellent boys’ pre-preps, which is why competition for places at Wetherby or the popular...
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Insights into the 11+ exam
Guest post by MaiHanh DeLorenzo, Metal Rocks Education Advisors (see further info and bio below) When Anke asked me to write about the 11+ exam, my first response was that it was like trying to write...
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How oversubscribed are London schools really?
Colet Court in Barnes Friends, readers and clients often ask me if you really have to sign up to all the nurseries and private schools at birth. In recent years, this is becoming a very popular topic...
View ArticleOverview of 7+/8+ results 2016
It is still very early days but the first pre-prep schools have started releasing their 7+ results. This post will be updated as schools release their results. Hampstead Hill 7+ – Boys: 12 offers from...
View ArticleOverview of 11+ results 2016
Most schools have yet to report their 11+ results officially, but a few are starting to send out theirs, while others are waiting for the final acceptance deadline to pass to make sure all offers are...
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A visit to Broadhurst School in Hampstead
Following recent press coverage on oversubscribed London nursery schools, I was kindly invited by the most oversubscribed nursery of them all, Broadhurst School in Hampstead, to come for a visit and...
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Alpha Plus to open school in New York City
Pembridge Hall and Wetherby are joining Garden House and Abercorn to open a New York prep school based on the English national curriculum! Alpha Plus Group is delighted to confirm that they will open a...
View ArticlePhoenix School in Hampstead to become all boys’ UCS Pre-Prep
Big changes are afoot at the co-educational pre-prep Phoenix School in Hampstead. The UCS Council has decided that the school should transition to an all boys Pre‐Prep school with children aged 4‐7,...
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Exclusive interview on the opening of Falkner House pre-prep for boys
Eleanor Dixon, appointed Head of the new Falkner House School There is a shortage of boys’ pre-preps in London, which is why competition for places at Wetherby or the popular co-educational prep...
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Summer camps in London 2016
Summer holidays lasting 8 if not 10 weeks are a real challenge for working parents particularly, but luckily London offers great opportunities for school aged children in a wide range of areas. Summer...
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A-Level results 2016: best London secondary schools
North London Collegiate School, Edgware And the top secondary school in London is…. the St Paul’s Girls’ School (again)! The second place goes to Westminster School, followed by the North London...
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GCSE results London 2016
Following the release of last week’s A-Level results, schools across the country have now also released their GCSE results 2016, which enables us to compile a ranking specifically for London day...
View ArticleNew Head for South Hampstead High School announced
Following Helen Pike’s move to Magdelen College Oxford, South Hampstead High School has just announced that Vicky Bingham will take over as Headmistress of SHHS from January 2017. Vicky Bingham is...
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New Chinese bilingual school to open in Kensington in 2017
Kensington Wade, the first dual language English Chinese prep school in the UK is set to open in London 2017. The school will be the first of its kind and has been founded by Adrian Richardson, founder...
View Article13+ results London prep schools
Below is a comprehensive overview of 13+ results at London prep schools. We’re awaiting the publication of several important prep schools and will update accordingly, but most prep schools have already...
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Official Opening of St Anthony’s School for Girls
Head Laura Martin, Graham Able and Ebru Nart St Anthony’s School for Girls, the new independent Catholic school located at Ivy House, North End Road, NW11, welcomed founding parents, governors, and...
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Wetherby Kensington opening in September 2017
Alpha Plus Group is delighted to announce the opening of a new school called Wetherby Kensington. The school will open in September 2017 and will be located at 4 Wetherby Gardens, SW5 0JN, not far from...
View ArticleDecisions, decisions
This coming Friday 2nd February is the official deadline for acceptances of 4+ offers at many schools. It is a tough time and parents worry a lot about making the right choice. In surprisingly many...
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Interview with Anastasia Stone, Founder and Director of the London School of...
A good friend recently sent me a link to a place called the London School of Mathematics and Programming (London SMP) offering “early intellectual development” classes for children as young as 3 or 4,...
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